Shoe-holder.



L. SONNTAG.

SHOE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1,1910.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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L. SONNTAG.

SHOE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1,1910.

1,023,887. Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTE.

LINCOLN SONNTAG, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-HOLDER.

To aZ Z w 710m it may concern Be it known that I, LINCOLN SONNTAG, acitizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shoe-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe-holders or devices forholding shoes for cleaning and polishing.

The object of my invention is to provide in a shoe-holder having anexpansible and contractible form shaped to fit the forepart of a shoeincluding curved side members, a toe-piece and a longitudinal shafttherein provided with inclined arms, an improved part interiorly securedto each of said side members for moving as well as guiding the sametransversely, and an improved shaft for moving said toe-piece, themovement of which not only extends said toe-piece but guides it so thatthe same moves in a sloping position, and a further object is to providean improved pivotally supported piece for securing a shoe rearwardlywhich may be used not only for short shoes but also for shoes ofconsiderable length by reasonof the extension of said piece in itsrearward movement.

Additional objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafterappear.

To said ends my invention consists in the novel construction,arrangement and combination of parts which I shall now fully describe byreference to the accompanying drawings and particularly point out in theappended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating my device, Figure 1is a side view of my said device; and Fig. 2 is a front view thereoftheremaining views being views of parts of the device. Fig. 3 is a rearview of the lower portion of the heel piece hereinafter mentioned forengaging the counter of a shoe. Fig. A is a plan view of the arms forextending the wings of the front portion of the device or foot form andbeneath said plan view is a side view of one of said arms. Fig. 5 is atop plan view of the toe-piece hereinafter mentioned. Fig. 6 contains aplan View J and a bottom view K of the frame supporting the top plateand the wings, and also contains a view of the front support L and therear support N depending from said frame and a central Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1910.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912. Serial No. 564,473.

longitudinal section M of said frame. Fig. 7 is a side view 0 of theshaft running longitudinally under said frame and a plan view P thereof.Fig. 8 contains a central longitudinal section B of the form A or frontportion of the device and a transverse section S of said form taken online BB of said longitudinal section. Fig. 9 contains a rear view T ofthe strap securing the form A to the bracket 30 and a longitudinal sideview U of the same. Fig. 10 contains a longitudinal view of one of thewings 3 showing its interior and a side view of the blade 36 interiorlysecured to said wing.

Referring to the figures of said drawings, A shows the form shaped toenter the front portion of a shoe secured to the downwardly projectingarm of bracket 30, including shaft 6, being a toe support, andconstituting the front portion of the device, the remainder of saiddevice as shown in Fig. 1 being designated the rear portion thereof.

The form A has a top portion or plate 2 which slopes longitudinally fromthe rear of the plate to the front end of the same, the front endprojecting over the toe-piece or block 4. The whole of the front end ofsaid plate is tapered to the sharp side edges thereof which areillustrated in Fig. 8 so that when the toe-piece 4 is extended thedownward slope of said plate will be continued. The said top platecurves transversely from its longitudinal center line to a sharp ortapered edge on each side thereof and is preferably not integral withframe 5 to which it is secured by screws 46, such curvature beingprovided for the upper and lower sides or surfaces of said plate asshown in section in Fig. 8. The frame 5 has end supports for sustainingrod or shaft 6 and has curved branches 72 projecting laterally therefromfor sustaining wings 3. The wings 3 consist of curved plates havingtapered front ends to continue thecurvature of the tapered front end ofplate 2 when said wings'forming the sides of form A are extended by theoperation of the device. The frame 5 is provided with a ridge or raisedportion 28 having sides 70 against which the inner edges of wings 3 abutwhen the form A is reduced to its smallest compass and which alsomaintains plate 2 at 'a sufficient distance from the branches so thatwings 3 may slide easily in the channels formed by the separation of theplate 2 from said branches when lateral pressure is exerted on saidwings. The said branches of frame 5 have slots 27 in which blades 36rest and which blades act as guides to the wings in their lateralmovement and also as links to extend and retract the wings transverselyso as to increase or decrease the size of form A laterally toaccommodate shoes of various sizes. The said side members 3 are ofidentical form and construction except that one of said wings is fittedfor one side of the form A and the other one for the other side of saidform as shown in Fig. 8. Rod or shaft 6 is a straight shaft except thatthe forward end of said shaft slopes downwardly as shown in Fig. 7. Thesaid shaft 6 has an opening 25 through which the apex of arms 1% extendand which arms, being preferably bent to the shape shown in Fig. 4, aresecured rearwardly to the underside of said shaft by cross-piece 7havingend openings into which arms 4A fit, the said cross-piece being securedby means of a screw passing through aperture 7 and into threadedaperture 25. The said arms pass through openings 26 in blades 36 bywhich the arms are extended through the forward movement of shaft 6 andare re tracted by the rearward movement of said shaft. The openings 26in blades 36 of wings 3 are preferably of elliptical form extendingperpendicularly so as to permit a slight downward movement in theextension of said wings and a slight upward movement in the retractionof the same to prevent any tendency to bind in such movement. Theposition of blade 36 and slot 27 of frame 5 is substantially midwaybetween depending supports 52 and 53. The shaft 6 has a projection orlug thereon 5a positioned at the commencement of the downward slope ofsaid shaft which engages the sloping underside of frame 5 and directssaid shaft downwardly in a sloping position in the forward movement ofsaid shaft, the lower side of the forward sloping portion of said shaftengaging the bottom of the aperture 23. The height of the aperture 23 issuch as to afford sufficient space for the movement of the sloping orinclined portion of the shaft 6 therein. As the main portion of theshaft 6 has a slight inclination in its movement the aperture 21 is ofsufficient height to admit of this inclination.

Toe-piece or block a has a body or main portion 55 which is curved,resembling the point of a last, and has two legs 56, each of whichextends rearwardly from one of the sides thereof, the upper edge of eachof said legs being curved transversely and longitudinally. The aperture2 1 extends at the center line in the rear of the body of said toe-pieceinto the same and contains the front end of shaft 6 which is securedtherein by screw 37 passing upwardly through a threaded aperture in saidblock and through an opening 38 in the forward end of shaft 6. The uppersides of the said legs are curved and engage the forward underside offrame 5 in the same manner as lug 54 of shaft 6, whereby the said blockis directed slopingly in the extension of said shaft.

The underside of said toe-piece or block 4 is curved upwardly slightlytoward the point thereof to conform to the upward curve of the sole ofthe shoe which may be on the form A.

The bracket 30 contains an aperture therethrough 32 wherein shaft 6 iscontained and is slidable. The said shaft rests loosely in said opening32 so as to admit of a slight inclination of the same for the slopingdirection of toe-piece 1. The shaft 6 is movable by means of lever 19which has a slot 14 therein near its lower end into which extends pin 39secured in said shaft,

the upper portion of said bracket and an opening near the upper end ofsaid heel piece, the said piece being secured on the bolt by wing nut10, and by which bolt it is pivoted to the bracket. The lower innerportion of said heel piece has a slide projecting forwardly therefromprovided with a slot 16, which slide is contained and is slidable in theslideway or slot 15 in lever 20, the said heel piece being linked tosaid lever by pin 34 secured in an opening in said lever and passingthrough. said slot 16. The lower portion 59 of said heel piece 9 iscurved rearwardly and longitudinally and arm 60 of said heel piece theupper end of which is bent rearwardly is placed at a sufficient distanceor inclined from lever 20 so that when the lower portion of said levermoves rearwardly its engagement with the pivotally suspended heel piece9 will cause it to move rearwardly wit-h the lower end of said lever butat the same time will extend said heel piece so that some portion of thecurved exterior of said heel piece at its lower end will be adapted toengage the counter of a shoe notwithstanding that the lower portion ofsaid lever is forced rearwardly to the limit of its extension. Levers 19and 9.0 for the operation of the device are pivoted forwardly to thebracket 30 at its corner, lever 19 being pivoted on one side of saidbracket and lever 20 on the other side of the same as shown. The saidlevers are preferably so pivoted by a bolt 11 extending through suitableopenings in the same and an opening in said bracket, such bolt havingnuts 10 and 41 securing the same. Means for locking said levers arepositioned near the upper end thereof. Le-

ver 20 has a ratchet 29 secured to the inner side thereof and lever 19is provided with a vertically acting pawl for engaging said lever. Thepawl 17 is pointed at its lower end as shown in Fig. 1 and lever 19 hasa slot 13 extending therethrough near its up per end. The said pawl issecured to said lever by a bolt 4-5 connected thereto which passesthrough said slot and is exteriorly secured by'a nut 45, the said boltas contained in said slot permitting the sliding movement of said pawl.Above said bolt 45 is a pin 18 which is also secured to said pawl andextends through said slot and beyond it as is shown in Fig. 2. The boltand pin in slot 13 are positioned at sufiicient distance from therespective ends thereof to afford the necessary play for said pawl inits vertical action. The said levers are respectively provided at theirupper ends with lateral handles 12 and 12. A wall plate 31 is secured atthe rear end of bracket 30 for securing the same to a wall or post,holes 85 extending therethrough for fastening the device by means ofscrews The curved lower portion or plate 59 of said heel piece 9projects laterally therefrom beneath the horizontal arm of bracket 30having wall plate 31. Strap 8 is suitably secured to support of frame 5by threaded screws passing through openings 93 and 9 1 in said strap andsupport. The strap 8 is secured to the bracket 30 by threaded screwssuch as screw 4:0, passing through openings 90 and 91 into suitableapertures in said bracket. The lat eral movement of wings 3 through theforward movement of shaft 6 not only extends said wings transversely butalso clownwardly, thereby deepening form A and providing for increaseddepths of foreparts of shoes. The opening 22 in strap 8 is coincidentwith opening 21 of support 53.

Although I prefer to secure the heel piece 9 to the lever 20 by the pin34 to keep such heel piece close to the lever to prevent the entrance ofthe rear end of the shoe upper of a short shoe between said lever andheel piece when disconnected and when placing such shoe on the device,still upon placing a longer shoe on the device when said pin is omitted,the contact of the shank 60 with the surface of the lever 20 immediatelyabove the slideway 15 will on moving the lower portion of the leverrearwardly also force the heel piece in the same direction, the hangingheel piece returning by gravity to its former position on movement ofsuch portion of the lever in the opposite direction, thereby enablingthe device to be effectually operated notwithstanding the omission ofthe pin.

To operate the device the front portion of a shoe is drawn over the formA and the shoe being held in position with one hand the handle of lever19 is grasped with the other hand and the pin 18 of pawl 17 is raisedwith the thumb of the hand, whereupon said handle is pushed back untilthe form A is expanded so as to substantially fit or fill the portion ofthe shoe in which it is containedthereupon the hand holding of the shoeis released, and the handle of lever 19 being still held, the handle oflever 20 is pulled forward until thecounter of the shoe is engaged bythe curved heel plate 59 through the rearward movement thereof. hen thecounter of the shoe is engaged as aforesaid, the pawl 17 is permitted todrop between the appropriate teeth of the ratchet 29., whereby thelevers are locked. To release the shoe the pawl 17 is raised with thethumb upon the grasping of the handle of lever 19, and the handles ofsaid levers are moved in directions opposite to the directions in whichsaid handles are moved for the expansion of the device, as hereinbeforeset forth.

I claim 1. In a shoe-holder having a front portion and a rear portion, ashaft in said front portion having a forwardly and inwardly inclined armon each side thereof; a frame extending longitudinally in said frontportion having depending end supports containing openings penetrated bysaid shaft and having sloping sides projecting therefrom containingslots extending through the side edges of said sides, and curved wingssupported by said sloping sides and having blades resting in said slotsinteriorly secured to said wings and containing openings penetrated bysaid arms.

2. In a shoe-holder having a front portion and a rear portion, a shaftin said front portion having a forwardly and inwardly inclined arm on,each side thereof and a sloping front end, a frame extendinglongitudinally in said front portion having a front end supportdepending therefrom containing an opening, the bottom of which isengaged by the sloping front end of said shaft, and having sloping sidesprojecting therefrom containing slots extending through the side edgesof said sides and said frame having a rear end support dependingtherefrom containing an opening loosely penetrated by said shaft, andcurved wings supported by the sides so projecting and having bladesresting in said slots and interiorly secured to said wings andcontaining openings penetrated by said arms.

3. In a shoeholder having a front portion and a rear portion, a shaft insaid front portion having a sloping front end; a frame extendinglongitudinally in said front portion having its bottom sloping forwardlyand engaged by said shaft and having a front end support dependingtherefrom containing an opening having its bottom engaged by the slopingfront end of said shaft and a rear end support containing an openingloosely penetrated by said shaft.

4. In a shoe-holder having a front portion and a rear portion, a shaftin said front portion having a sloping front end, a frame extendinglongitudinally in said front portion having its bottom sloping forwardlyand engaged by said shaft, and having a front end supportdependingtherefrom cont aining an opening having its bottom engaged bythe sloping front end of said shaft, and a rear end support containingan opening loosely penetrated by said shaft, and a toe-piece secured tothe front end of said shaft having a leg projecting rearwardly from eachside thereof and engaging the sloping bottom of said frame.

5. In a shoe-holder a bracket having a horizontally projecting arm; alever pivoted to the outer end of said arm, and a heel piece dependingfrom said arm rearwardly to said lever and having a slide containing alongitudinal slot connected to said lever.

6. In a shoe-holder a bracket having a horizontally projecting arm, alever pivoted to the outer end of said arm, and a heel piece pivoted toone side of said arm and near the said lever, the lower end of said heelpiece being longitudinally rearwardly convex and extending laterallybeneath said arm.

7. In a shoe-holder a bracket, a lever forwardly pivoted to said bracketand having its lower portion provided with a slide-way, a heel piecedepending from said bracket rcarwardly to said lever and having itslower portion provided with a longitudinal slotted slide seated andlinked in said slide way and having a convex lower end protrudingrearwardly.

8. In a shoe-holder a bracket, a heel piece having its upper end bentrearwardly and pivoted to said bracket and having its lower portionprovided forwardly with a slide containing a longitudinal slot andhaving a convex lower end protruding rearwardly, and a lever pivoted tosaid bracket and preceding said heel-piece and having its lower portionprovided with a slideway consisting of a slot in said lever, and a pinextending through said slideway and said slot in said heel piece.

9. In a shoe-holder a bracket, a lever having a curved ratchet securedto the inner side thereof pivoted to one side of said bracket, a leverhaving a longitudinal slot therein and a handle extending laterallytherefrom pivoted to the other side of said bracket, and a pawl runninglongitudinally with the last mentioned lever above said ratchet andconnected laterally to the inner side thereof and having a pin extendingthrough said slot and beneath said handle.

10. In a shoe-holder the combination of a bracket having a horizontallyprojecting arm and a downwardly projecting arm leading from the frontend of said horizontally projecting arm; a frame secured to the lowerportion of said downwardly projecting arm, and having end supportscontaining openings extending downwardly there from, and having curvedbranches extending laterally therefrom provided. with transverse slotsextending through the said branches; a pair of curved wings supported bysaid branches and having blades therein containing openings projectingthrough said transverse slots; a curved top plate overhanging saidcurved wings; a shaft resting in said openings of said supports andhaving arms supported from the sides thereof inwardly and forwardlyinclined and extending through the openings in said blades, and a leverpivoted forwardly to said horizontally projecting arm and connecteddownwardly to said shaft.

11. In a shoe-holder a bracket, a lever pivoted to said bracket, andheel piece linked rearwardly to said lever and having its lower endrearwardly convex and extend ing laterally beneath said bracket, saidheel piece being pivoted to said bracket in proximity to its upper end.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

LINCOLN SONNTAG.

lVitnesses R. B. TREAT, C. MoCULLoUoH.

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